"Methylcellulose" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Methylester of cellulose. Methylcellulose is used as an emulsifying and suspending agent in cosmetics, pharmaceutics and the chemical industry. It is used therapeutically as a bulk laxative.
| Descriptor ID |
D008747
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D09.698.365.180.663
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| Concept/Terms |
Muciplasma- Muciplasma
- Edigen Brand of Methylcellulose
- Methylcellulose Edigen Brand
Citrucel- Citrucel
- SmithKline Beecham Brand of Methylcellulose
Cologel- Cologel
- Lilly Brand of Methylcellulose
- Methylcellulose Lilly Brand
Cellulone- Cellulone
- Alphapharm Brand of Methylcellulose
- Methylcellulose Alphapharm Brand
Celevac- Celevac
- Shire Brand of Methylcellulose
- Methylcellulose Shire Brand
Cellothyl- Cellothyl
- Warner Chilcott Brand 2 of Methylcellulose
Dacryolarmes- Dacryolarmes
- Martin Brand of Methylcellulose
- Methylcellulose Martin Brand
BFL- BFL
- Warner Chilcott Brand 1 of Methylcellulose
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